完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I grew up poor－living with my wonderful mother. We had little money, but plenty of love and attention. I was 21 and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still 22 a dream.
My dream was 23 . By the time I was sixteen, I started playing baseball. I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball and 24 anything that moved on the football field. I was also 25 : My high school coach was John, who not only believed in me, but also taught me 26 to believe in myself. He 27 me the difference between having a dream and remaining true to that dream. One particular 28 with Coach John changed my life forever.
A friend recommended me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket－money for a new bike, new clothes and the 29 of savings for a house for my mother. Then I realized I would have to 30 up summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell John I wouldn’t be playing.
When I told John, he was 31 as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work, ”He said. “Your 32 days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them. ”I stood before him with my head 33 , trying to think of the 34 that would explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his 35 in me.
“How much are you going to make at this job, son? ”He asked. “3.5 dollars an hour, ”I replied.
“Well, ”he asked, “is $3.5 an hour the price of a dream? ”
That simple question made 36 for me the difference between 37 something right now and having a 38 . I decided myself to play sports that summer and the next year I was 39 by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and was 40 a $20,000 contract（agreement）. In 1999, I bought my mother the house of my dream!
1. A. happy B. polite C. shy D. honest
2. A. live B. afford C. make D. need
3. A. athletics B. music C. business D. money
4. A. kick B. play C. pass D. hit
5.A. right B. popular C. lucky D. confident
6. A. how B. why C. when D. whether
7. A. gave B. taught C. brought D. asked
8.A. accident B. matter C. problem D. experience
9.A. keep B. end C. give D. pick
10. A. mad B. mournful C. frightened D. shameful
11. A. living B. playing C. working D. learning
12. A. moving B. nodding C. shaking D. hanging
13. A. answers B. excuses C. words D. ways
14. A. sadness B. regret C. hopelessness D. disappointment
15. A. direct B. clear C. straight D. bare
16. A. wanting B. changing C. dreaming D. enjoying
17. A. wish B. goal C. score D. desire
18.A. fired B. accompanied C. avoided D. hired
19. A. paid B. got C. offered D. presented
We’ll have to find someone to have a look at the door. It won’t _______.
A. shut B. be shut C. be shutting D. shutting
—Do you often talk with your friends on the telephone or mobile phone?
— . I like using QQ.
A. None B. Either C. Any D. Neither
After five hours’ drive, they reached _______ they thought was the place they had been dreaming of.
A. where B. what C. which D. that
—Sir, I haven’t found a more suitable job for
me so far.
—
A. I’m glad you like it so much. B. That’s all right for you.
C. I believe you will. D. Oh, don’t you like it?
I would have called you up for help had it been possible, but I your phone number then.
A. hadn’t had B. didn’t have C. shouldn’t have D. couldn’t have
